PSG passage blocked by Dortmund

A 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 3 means a home win against the same opponents in UEFA Europa League Group J would put Paris Saint-Germain FC in the round of 32 with two games to spare.

• Should PSG win, they will be sure of a top-two finish, with Dortmund unable to overtake them due to their head-to-head record.

Previous meetings• The clubs met for the first time on Matchday 3.

• PSG's record from ten meetings with German opponents now reads W6 D1 L3 (W4 D0 L0 at home).

• Dortmund's record from 11 games against French sides now reads W4 D4 L3 (W1 D1 L3 in France).

Match background• PSG are unbeaten in 11 UEFA club competition home games since a 4-2 defeat by Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage on 23 November 2006.

• They have not conceded in their last six European home matches since a 2-2 draw with Real Racing Club in the 2008/09 group stage.

• Dortmund are unbeaten in five European away games (four wins and a draw) since they lost 4-0 at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on their last trip to France, in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup second round on 27 November 2003.

Team facts• Dortmund's Lucas Barrios has been ruled offside eight times in the first three matchdays, more than any other player in the group stage.

• Antoine Kombouaré was hired as PSG coach in May 2009, finishing his first full season by leading his charges to success in the 2009/10 French Cup. Initially a defender for FC Nantes, the New Caledonian-born player represented PSG from 1990 to 1995, winning a league title, two French Cups and a League Cup before moving on to FC Sion and later Aberdeen FC. PSG's reserve coach for a while, he took the reins at RC Strasbourg and then Valenciennes FC before returning to his old club.

• Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp started his career as a striker, converting to a defender midway through an 11-year playing spell at 1. FSV Mainz 05. Moving from the pitch to the bench in 2001, he led Mainz to the top division in Germany – and into European competition – for the first time, but stepped down at the end of the 2007/08 campaign to replace Thomas Doll as Dortmund coach.

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